24kmagic:
Nice move.
But such things are not the problem of average Nigerians. Average Nigerians need four things.

Jobs
Electricity
Good roads and
Security.

I didn't include health care because our traditional herb is still doing the magic.

I can say over 70% of Nigerians don't use train to travel.

But all the same, it's a commendable thing

Dollyak:
Africans on aggregate has the lowest IQ, partly down to the never ending assault on intellectualism.

Can you imagine this man grinning from ear to ear because of a substandard refurbished rubbish from China

pharmagba:
They should have made it compulsory in the agreement that those locomotives be assembled here in Nigeria, this will definitely create jobs, boost local industry that fabricates steel , and also ensure we have a ready service centre that can repair any fault that may occur both on short term and long term and we won't have to be running to China at every issue

Ikem11:
Why can't u guys order a design like this? Must u always go for this old catapillar trains design that was used for world War 11

EgunMogaji2:
My farm is directly across from the station at Omi Adio.

In my layman’s opinion, they are moving at very good speed.

Based on my construction experience I knew the December dates that Amechi was giving early in the year was unfeasible.

The first paying passenger train from Ibadan to Lagos won’t be until December 2020. At least. And I’m good with that.

wallex1983:
Oneeeeee

Waiting for the second foreign trip of Amaechi this quarter.

mapet:


I like your suggestion in part. .....but it will take concerted effort and investment (both govt & private sector) to do that. Dr. Andrew Neville (white man lecturer in LBS) has come up with a fantastic idea - "Nigeria should start a 10yr-project of building her own Carrier". I dare add "Train". This approach triggers local industries along the value-chain... but like I said govt, banks & other institutional investors have to commit to the project.

Awol1:


Na Lagos-Ibadan rail we go dey for 8 years, I wonder when the "transatlantic" rail line they are propising will be built.

shamecurls:


You have Malaria.

mapet:


Madam,

I believe your IQ is not of this "world"

Cas1741:
And how much did this ancient locomotive cost nig and how much went to amaechi etc. Senseless people, look at China's supersonic state of the art trains and compare with this ancient and antiquated wastful spending, come today, breakdown tomorrow eye sore. What do you expect, and just like the cpu in your computer - garbage in, garbage out. The errand boy doesn't know there is no train system in the Niger delta that produces the oil and the money he is wasting in the north and just like his monorail, it speaks volumes about his stupendous ignoramus. SAAAD.

glowingflame7:
Dubai metro is world class and took 3and a half years to complete. Why is this one taking forever? It's just that past governments make this present drive look like uhuru.

Rosskiki:


UAE has just 8 million people, has 3 times Nigeria's oil reserves. and exports 3 times more oil per day than Nigeria. You are ABSOLUTELY BATSHIIT CRAZY (or more likely, just plain damn ignorant) to be equating Nigeria's spending power with that of 'Dubai'.

glowingflame7:
Dubai metro is world class and took 3and a half years to complete. Why is this one taking forever? It's just that past governments make this present drive look like uhuru.

Rosskiki:


UAE has just 8 million people, has 3 times Nigeria's oil reserves. and exports 3 times more oil per day than Nigeria. You are ABSOLUTELY BATSHIIT CRAZY (or more likely, just plain damn ignorant) to be equating Nigeria's spending power with that of 'Dubai'.

Cousin9999:


Dubai uses literal slaves.

glowingflame7:


But lots of Nigerians will die to earn what these literal slaves earned and the experience and training?

Cousin9999:


WTF are you talking about? Those slaves don't earn anything and they can't leave the country.

glowingflame7:


Tell me something you know.

EgunMogaji2:


A great but lofty idea. A train assembly plan is a different animal from a more common vehicle assembly plant.

It will cause needless delay.

It’s okay that this first phase is ordered but maybe they can work on transitioning future orders to be assembled in Nigeria.

ofwest47:
Wailers and haters take it or leave it, Buhari government remains the greatest and largest infrastructural development government in Nigeria. Recall former Nigeria military head of state Yakubu Gowon . " Money is not our problem, but how to spend it and that was due to lack of future development site. Ameachi , thank you very much you still remain No1 ministerial appointee.

Dollyak:

Simpleton, no one's IQ is out of this world - Not even people like Isaac Newton's and Galileo. Play the game and not the man.

A lot of you guys in Nigeria are easily impressed so I understand your perspective.

Btw, in addition to low IQ you guys are also ignorant.

Cas1741:
And how much did this ancient locomotive cost nig and how much went to amaechi etc. Senseless people, look at China's supersonic state of the art trains and compare with this ancient and antiquated wastful spending, come today, breakdown tomorrow eye sore. What do you expect, and just like the cpu in your computer - garbage in, garbage out. The errand boy doesn't know there is no train system in the Niger delta that produces the oil and the money he is wasting in the north and just like his monorail, it speaks volumes about his stupendous ignoramus. SAAAD.

Cousin9999:


Oga, I don't speak mumu, so let's end this intellectual exchange. lol

BluntBoy:


[s]Land ultimately belongs to government. It is a Crown property, so the constitution vests machinery of state with the authority to drill natural resources within its territory[/s].